So I am not sure whether everyone observed the "International 1/24th of a Day of Darkness" (a.k.a., Earth Hour). But, I went with a few folks from the DGC project to view the cityscape (or perhaps lack thereof) to see whether we'll see stars like we'd never seen them before. Except for the 99% of the world's population who has been outside a city for at least one clear night in their lives.
Long story short, a few places turned their lights out, but more than anything I think that the Earth Hour cemented a few things in my mind:
- There's a lot of light out there
- It's not necessarily bad
- Lots of people trying to do something may still not make a dent
- Earth Hour probably didn't go off with the same gusto as the founders imagined